Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; college POW picks; Taylor County's Dixon transferring; Roquan Smith, GMC prospects; UGA, Tech, Falcons, college football, NFL, MLB, more;
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Technical issues (tree fell, took out power and cable, the latter for two-plus days) are over. Amen.
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Crisp County 4, Peach County 1
Gracie Martin had both of Peach Countyâs hits.
Hawkinsville 6, Wilcox County 3
Lee County 17, Northside 0
The Eagles couldnât manage a hit in the shortened 2.5-inning game.
Pike County 12, Mary Persons 4
Westfield 2, Bleckley County 0
The Hornets got two in the third, and Sydney Langdonâs 12-strikeout, 1-walk performance held up in a two-hitter. Marena Knowles had two of Westfieldâs four hits. Emmy Dehem and Kendall Fowler drove in the Hornetsâ runs.
Windsor 7, LaGrange 1
Volleyball
ACE 2, Southwest 0 (25-7, 25-13); ACE 2, Dublin 0 (25-14, 25-15)
The Gryphons improved to 10-6 overall and 4-0 in area/region play. They host Lamar County and Stratford on Thursday.
Dublin 2, Southwest 0
FPD 2, Stratford 1
Mount de Sales 2, Tattnall 0
Northside 2, Peach County 1 (14-25, 25-16, 15-7)
Peach County 2, Chattahoochee County 0 (25-18, 26-24, Monday)
Pike County 2, Lamar County 1
Strong Rock 2, Stratford 1
Warner Robins 2, Peach County 0 (25-14, 27-15)
Peach County fell to 10-5, and travels to Crisp County on Wednesday.
West Laurens 3, Mary Persons 1
College
Soccer
Volleyball
FVSU 3, Agnes Scott 1 (Monday)
Pro
MLB
Atlanta 6, Arizona 1
Players of the week
SoCon MSOC: Mercerâs Agard and McMullen
Alumni Update
Taylor Countyâs Dixon is moving on from Clemson
Smith (Macon County) gets his pick-6 ball back from fan
GMC releases list of players eligible to leave after this season
Several Central Georgia players are on the GMC JC list of prospects who can be signed after this season.
Many are NCAA qualifiers out of high school, so theyâre immediately eligible for a full NCAA scholarship without having to obtain their associateâs degree, and some can leave after December. High school athletes who donât qualify must obtain an associateâs at a junior college before becoming eligible for NCAA play.
From Central Georgia: PK Daniel Gibbs of Veterans, OL Bobby Hutchinson of Warner Robins, CB Jaquan Jackson of Howard, WR Armon Porter of Warner Robins, and NT Khalil White of Dublin.
Around/About Central Georgia
Former Bacon assistant returns as head coach
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
NCAA puts Tech womenâs hoops on three-year probation
Braves power their way past Diamondbacks
Duvallâs bomb Monday was bombastic
Georgiaâs 2022 football schedule is set
Vandy loses top RB for the season
Anderson wants more havoc from Dawgsâ D
Ranked UNC next challenge for Tech
Score aside, Falcons saw mostly positives in loss
Depth chart for Giantsâ game the same
College Football/South
Tennessee has some, too, with Florida this week
Floridaâs Richardson to more in practice
Straight-talking Pittman has Arkansas tougher and winning
Column: SEC observations (canât wait for Bama-Kiffin)
Alabama moving on from âscareâ
Florida is now run-happy ⊠Florida
Kiffinâs one follow on Instagram? A QB from New Orleans
Bama-UF and Auburn-Penn State got big ratings
College Football
Commissioners to talk about CFP feedback
Rutgers suspends pair after paintball shooting
Kansas State back in Top 25, Oklahoma State next
Big 12 becoming a running conference
Franklin: We were playing Auburn and the refs
Baseball
Oops! Scouting report falls out, Raysâ Kiermaier grabs it and keeps it
Padres star have dugout argument, but make up
Realmuto strokes two-out, two-run walk-off triple in the 1oth
NFL
Flexibility? Aggressiveness? Coaches suddenly going for it on fourth down
Rodgers has blunt assessment of knee-jerk one-game criticism barrage
Win over KC shows banged-up Ravens can dream big
Titans see plenty good in OT comeback
New QB, coach, same results â so far â for Lions
Wentzless and winless Colts try to turn things around
Broncos rocking under Bridgewater
Golf/Tennis
NBA/WNBA
Simmons reportedly wonât report to Sixers camp
Those annoying âtry to draw the foulâ offensive leans? No more
After 15 seasons, Redick calls it a career
Sports and COVID-19
Rinaldo not invited to Columbus NHL camp because of vaccinate status
Around the nation/world